The Asmaa James Foundation (AJF) has been able to fundraise for the medical evacuation and treatment of a 5-year-old rape survivor previously at Aberdeen Women’s Center and Emergency Hospital.
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Women
Empower parents, enable breastfeeding
UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments and all employers to adopt family-friendly policies that support breastfeeding.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell empowering girls through sport in Senegal
Supermodel Naomi Campbell attended the SEED Project Hoop Forum on Wednesday to encourage female basketball players to keep working on their skills.
HIV Study underscores urgent need for high-quality counseling prevention options
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said there is need for improved quality of counseling and a range of contraceptive and HIV prevention options, so women can make informed decisions to protect their health and future.
NIH study links air pollution to increase in newborn intensive care admissions
Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more likely to be admitted to a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), suggests an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
NIH scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain
Pelvic pain associated with endometriosis often becomes chronic and can persist (or recur) following surgical and hormonal interventions. According to results published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, treating pelvic floor muscle spasm with botulinum toxin may relieve pain and improve quality of life.
The WARRIOR CELL! Overcoming the odds to become Miss Sierra Leone 2019
Born some 25 years ago in Cassell Farm, Kissy, Freetown and raised by a single parent (her mother), it was not until at age nine that she was diagnosed with sickle cell.
